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Stefan Weinzierl
Institut fr Physik, Universitt Mainz, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
ISSN 2198-7882 e-ISSN 2198-7890
UNITEXT for Physics
ISBN 978-3-030-99557-7 e-ISBN 978-3-030-99558-4
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Symbols
Feynman parameter
Schwinger parameter
Baikov polynomial
cSpeed of light
DDimension of space-time
Dint
(integer) expansion point within dimensional regularisation
Dimensional regularisation parameter
Second Symanzik polynomial
Lee-Pomeransky polynomial
E
Euler-Mascheroni constant
GrpCategory of groups
Reduced Planck constant
Hom
Morphisms of a category
HSCategory of (pure) Hodge structures
Kirchhoff polynomial
lLoop number
MHSCategory of mixed Hodge structures
MixMotCategory of mixed motives
ModRCategory of finitely generated R-modules
nNumber of edges
NBNumber of kinematic variables
Ncohom
Dimension of the twisted cohomology group
next
Number of external edges
nint
Number of internal edges
NLNumber of letters
Nmaster
Number of master integrals
NVNumber of Baikov variables
Obj
Objects of a category
ProjRCategory of finitely generated projective R-modules
PureMotCategory of pure motives
rNumber of vertices
rint
Number of internal vertices
SetNategory of sets
Category of smooth projective varieties over
First Symanzik polynomial
ujLee-Pomeransky variable
Category of algebraic varieties defined over